HLnovel Chapter 187 Another Medicine
Chapter 187 Another Medicine
Sheng Yunzhu's face turned ashen in an instant.
Duke Sheng's face remained somber, yet he was unable to utter a word.
In any case, we must not involve the Third Prince at this time. Who would have thought that Sheng Yunzhu would buy the Qinglian Temple's Heart-Nourishing Pills at this crucial moment, and that the Qinglian Temple's Heart-Nourishing Pills would have such a big problem at this critical juncture!
Originally, they wanted to use the Third Prince to gloss over the family genealogy issue today, but now they have completely missed that opportunity.
Adding Sheng Yunzhu back later won't be an easy task.
Hopefully, this girl understands that without the Duke of Sheng's mansion, her dream of marrying the Third Prince is just wishful thinking, and she shouldn't escape his control!
Otherwise, all his planning might end up being a complete waste of time and effort.
Since the Duke of Sheng remained silent, the clansmen he had asked to speak on his behalf naturally did not dare to speak either. Thus, the process of removing Sheng Yunzhu from the family genealogy proceeded very smoothly.
After the clan chief finished presiding over the genealogy matters, he left, and the other clan members followed suit one after another. Soon, only Sheng Yunzhu, Sheng Junyi, and the Duke of Sheng remained in the ancestral hall.
With no outsiders present, Duke Sheng's expression instantly changed, and he shouted at Sheng Junyi, "Quickly find out what's going on at Qinglian Temple, and why the Crown Prince would take action against Qinglian Temple at this time!"
Sheng Junyi recalled the questions Lu Yangyang asked Sheng Yunzhu last night. He felt something was off then, and now it seems that Lu Yangyang did indeed know about the Crown Prince's plan to take action against Qinglian Temple yesterday, and that the Crown Prince must have already investigated the matter of Qinglian Temple yesterday.
That's why they're so eager to confiscate the heart-nourishing pills from Qinglian Temple today.
He underestimated Lu Yangyang once again.
And there's something else, whether it's his imagination or just a coincidence, it seems that since Lu Yangyang appeared, the Crown Prince has been appearing more and more often. For the past six months, the Crown Prince has almost never shown his face in public because of his leg injury. There are even rumors that the Crown Prince has gone mad, causing panic in the court and leading to signs of secret factionalism.
But now that the Crown Prince is being so high-profile, could it be that his leg injury has been cured?
If that's really the case, and if the Crown Prince can truly recover, will the Third Prince really be able to win in the future?
In that brief moment, Sheng Junyi thought of many things. She wanted to remind her father, but looking at Sheng Yunzhu kneeling on the ground, in a daze, she felt it wasn't the right time.
He paused slightly, then nodded to the Duke of Sheng and replied, "Yes."
Then he turned and left the ancestral hall.
The ancestral hall was now completely empty. The Duke of Sheng was about to leave when Sheng Yunzhu instinctively grabbed his robe: "Father, Father, what will I do now? What will happen if His Highness finds out I'm no longer a member of the Sheng family? Father, please help me, please help me..."
Sheng Yunzhu looked at the Duke of Sheng with a helpless expression, like a pitiful creature that had been abandoned, which made people feel sorry for her.
Duke Sheng looked at her coldly, raised his hand and slapped her across the face: "Useless!"
Sheng Yunzhu covered her face, staring at the Duke of Sheng in disbelief: "Father..."
"This is the last time. If you're not confident, you'd better behave yourself from now on and not give anyone any leverage over you. Otherwise, even I can't protect you. Once you've truly left the Duke of Sheng's mansion, no one can help you. Your dream of marrying the Third Prince is just that—a dream! Do you really think the Third Prince cares about your looks?" The Duke of Sheng shoved Sheng Yunzhu away. "So I'm warning you, no matter how many tricks you have, you must wait until you're in the Third Prince's harem before you use them. If anything goes wrong with this, I'll be the first to not forgive you!"
After saying this, Duke Sheng strode away from the ancestral hall, leaving Sheng Yunzhu kneeling on the ground in a panic, covering her face.
She wiped away her tears little by little with her fingers, looked up at the ancestral tablets of the Sheng family, and a resentful smile curled at the corner of her lips.
Yes, there's plenty of time, she shouldn't be in such a hurry.
Once Sheng Junyao is dead, once the Crown Prince is dead, she will make all those who have offended her pay the price.
No one will be spared.
……
After confirming that Sheng Yunzhu's name had been removed from the family genealogy, Lu Yangyang pulled Sheng Yunjiao away from the courtyard when there were few people around.
Sheng Yunjiao's eyes lit up with excitement as she shook Lu Yangyang's arm and kept asking, "Yangyang, how did you figure that out? When did you find Yan Yue?"
“I didn’t foresee anything. I just guessed that Sheng Yunzhu wouldn’t do nothing and just obediently wait to be removed from the Sheng family’s genealogy. The only person she could rely on was the Third Prince. So last night when I came back, I ran into her in the courtyard and got her to tell me that Sheng Junyi was also present.”
Lu Yangyang thought about it for a long time last night. She didn't know what Sheng Yunzhu would do, but no matter what she did, she would definitely not be able to get around the Third Prince.
Therefore, the simplest solution is to force her to sever ties with the Third Prince at this time.
"After dinner, I went to find Yan Yue and asked him about His Highness's plans. When I learned that His Highness planned to collect Yangxin Pills from various places today according to the list given by Abbess Qinglian, I asked him to wait next door at about the same time and have Lüyao keep an eye on the movements in the front yard. So, just as Sheng Junyi brought the Sixth Princess to the ancestral hall, Lüyao ran back to inform Yan Yue, and that's how we arrived just in time."
Sheng Yunjiao stared in disbelief: "So you didn't just calculate it accurately, you had it all planned out in advance?"
Lu Yangyang nodded: "You could say that. It was just a side thing. I didn't expect Sheng Yunzhu to be so impatient."
In order to gain confidence in staying in the Sheng family, she openly and secretly flaunted her close relationship with the Third Prince. She probably forgot that while this relationship can be useful at times, it can also backfire.
It's a wonder that after living in the Duke of Sheng's mansion for so many years, she doesn't even know how to be careful with her words and actions.
"Ahhh, Yangyang, you're so amazing!" Sheng Yunjiao excitedly hugged her and shook her vigorously.
Lu Yangyang felt dizzy from being swayed by her and pulled her away. "It's Mid-Autumn Festival today, don't you have anything to do?"
Sheng Yunjiao shook her head: "No, it's a family dinner today. My mother is in charge of the kitchen, so she's the one who organized the dinner. What does it have to do with me?"
"I have to go, so I'll be going now." Lu Yangyang turned and ran.
"Hey, what's wrong? Why are you so busy every day!" Sheng Yun stomped her foot in a huff, but didn't bother her.
Lu Yangyang ran back to the courtyard. She did have something to do, because she had thought of something more important.
It is absolutely superstitious that a child's brain can have any effect on calming the mind and soothing the nerves, let alone make a person's face glow.
If that's the case, then what is the other ingredient?